Melvin Van Peebles

American film director (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song)
Died on Wednesday September 22nd 2021

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@SCFathers: Mario Van Peebles reflects in celebration on his iconic father’s film and civil rights legacy. Watch this memorable… - 4 years ago

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@JohnDemetry: RT @NRO: Melvin Van Peebles’s masterpiece defends America. | Opinion by @3xchair - 4 years ago

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@nowtoronto: RT @normwilner: Here's @nowtoronto's What to Watch roundup for this weekend featuring our reviews of TITANE, THE GUILTY, MAID, THE MANY SAI… - 4 years ago

@jauhrich: Melvin Van Peebles. 1932-2021. Here he is answering the question "What is art?" in a 1997 interview for the doc "I'… - 4 years ago

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@katykrayb: RT @nprfreshair: TODAY: We remember the "Godfather of Black cinema," Melvin Van Peebles. And we remember Bishop John Shelby Spong, He was o… - 4 years ago

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@jjespn: RT @MSNBC: ‘Beautiful exit’: Mario Van Peebles, the son of the late Melvin Van Peebles, reflects on his iconic father’s film and civil righ… - 4 years ago

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@MRlgreenii: Melvin Van Peebles, fiercely independent filmmaker, dies at 89 - The Washington Post - 4 years ago

@Voltaire1999: RT @NRO: Melvin Van Peebles’s masterpiece defends America. | Opinion by @3xchair - 4 years ago

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@aplacetoflop: Where to Watch the Films of Melvin Van Peebles - The New York Times - 4 years ago

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@PlankySmith: RT @DefectorMedia: Film lost Melvin Van Peebles just when it needed him most: - 4 years ago

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@Tio_Stephen: Mario Van Peebles on His Father’s Greatest Legacy: ‘He Put Black Power on the Screen for the First Time’… - 4 years ago

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@Mme_Riz: RT @FrenchCultureUS: Today, we remember author and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. A “Renaissance man” and Francophile, he pioneered modern B… - 4 years ago

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@FrenchCultureUS: Today, we remember author and filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles. A “Renaissance man” and Francophile, he pioneered moder… - 4 years ago

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@bmichaelAmerica: RT @bmichaelAmerica: Paying homage to two Black industry 🎭 icons / trailblazers! 🔥 Melvin Van Peebles and Cicely Tyson✨ We are loosing to… - 4 years ago

@TellUsTheTruth0: RT @chrisbournea: Great @FilmmakerMag profile of the late Melvin Van Pebbles. Until reading this, I didn't know he attended Ohio Wesleyan… - 4 years ago

@Jayemofficial: RT @812filmreviews: For @ebertvoices I wrote about the @Criterion Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films box set, and why it's a wonderful tri… - 4 years ago

@cat_shar: RT @mayascade: melvin van peebles in 1968 with his children mario (left) and megan (right). 📸: ebony magazine archives - 4 years ago

@MMCADC: #RipMarioVanPeebles In addition to pursuing his own career as an actor and filmmaker, the younger Van Peebles has b… - 4 years ago

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@gianna_isabella: RT @IndieWire: Days after Melvin Van Peebles' death, his son Mario joined NYFF to salute his father's iconic "Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss S… - 4 years ago

@sherriebaby09: RT @TheFrankOzJam: A few years ago, at the entrance of MOMA in NYC, I saw an older black man being denied entrance to a film function. It… - 4 years ago

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@blackrockunited: RT @okayplayer: Groundbreaking director Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89. A decorated novelist, actor, musician, and filmmaker, Van Peeb… - 4 years ago

@GirlyGirl694: RT @IndieWire: Days after Melvin Van Peebles' death, his son Mario joined NYFF to salute his father's iconic "Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss S… - 4 years ago

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@kirstinlcheers: RT @mayascade: “the man has backed the black writer into a cultural bag, he will only allow him to write about the black problem.” — melvi… - 4 years ago

@IndieWire: Days after Melvin Van Peebles' death, his son Mario joined NYFF to salute his father's iconic "Sweet Sweetback's Ba… - 4 years ago

@boombabyjr: RT @mayascade: “the man has backed the black writer into a cultural bag, he will only allow him to write about the black problem.” — melvi… - 4 years ago

@CrownedRoyal90: RT @bdharris51: Melvin Van Peebles said he didn’t see the things in the what world he wanted to see, so he created them himself. I don’t… - 4 years ago

@RonnieBquotes: Melvin Van Peebles: "This is one of the most intelligent interviews I ever had." RB: "Thank you very much, my friend. Take care." - 4 years ago

@EricMEsteves: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@fandole44: RT @mayascade: “the man has backed the black writer into a cultural bag, he will only allow him to write about the black problem.” — melvi… - 4 years ago

@handtalker: RT @cheo_coker: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick and One Cool Cat” - 4 years ago

@AfroKong: RT @mayascade: “the man has backed the black writer into a cultural bag, he will only allow him to write about the black problem.” — melvi… - 4 years ago

@4evrstardancer: RT @Variety: “True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer’s mentality,” the statement reads. “It meant appreciating the power, bea… - 4 years ago

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@james_siejak: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@RCCH13711442: #NowPlaying Melvin Van Peebles - Sweetback's Theme - 4 years ago

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@XanaduFitness: RT @Criterion: We're celebrating the renegade genius and unparalleled career of the late Melvin Van Peebles—director, writer, composer, act… - 4 years ago

@kaist455: RT @Afrofilmviewer: Melvin Van Peebles on Criterion Collection. My review. - 4 years ago

@TFActress: RT @mayascade: “the man has backed the black writer into a cultural bag, he will only allow him to write about the black problem.” — melvi… - 4 years ago

@WillFilm4Food: RT @mayascade: melvin van peebles in 1968 with his children mario (left) and megan (right). 📸: ebony magazine archives - 4 years ago

@EverErika: RT @TheFrankOzJam: A few years ago, at the entrance of MOMA in NYC, I saw an older black man being denied entrance to a film function. It… - 4 years ago

@WomenVetsBiz: #RIP A Giant Of Black Cinema, Melvin Van Peebles Dies At 89 - 4 years ago

@hplbot: RT @Afrofilmviewer: Melvin Van Peebles on Criterion Collection. My review. - 4 years ago

@Afrofilmviewer: Melvin Van Peebles on Criterion Collection. My review. - 4 years ago

@candez12: RT @mayascade: “the man has backed the black writer into a cultural bag, he will only allow him to write about the black problem.” — melvi… - 4 years ago

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@Nick74D: RT @blackenterprise: Mario Van Peebles Speaks About His Trailblazing Father Melvin Van Peebles - 4 years ago

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@LT38: RT @Criterion: We're celebrating the renegade genius and unparalleled career of the late Melvin Van Peebles—director, writer, composer, act… - 4 years ago

@gothisye: RT @mayascade: melvin van peebles in 1968 with his children mario (left) and megan (right). 📸: ebony magazine archives - 4 years ago

@tweetmyfilms: Mario Van Peebles on His Father’s Greatest Legacy: ‘He Put Black Power on the Screen for the First Time’… - 4 years ago

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@wellheeled: Broadway Revival Of Melvin Van Peebles’ ‘Ain’t Supposed To Die A Natural Death’ Will Go On As Planned, But Now With… - 4 years ago

@iamsharonmorgan: Melvin Van Peebles obituary - 4 years ago

@KinoLorber: RT @NewYorker: Among the offerings in the New York Film Festival’s first-week premières, @tnyfrontrow believes that one stands out for its… - 4 years ago

@MrBGS101: RT @Criterion: We're celebrating the renegade genius and unparalleled career of the late Melvin Van Peebles—director, writer, composer, act… - 4 years ago

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@camihenny: RT @IndieWire: Mario Van Peebles on His Father’s Greatest Legacy: ‘He Put Black Power on the Screen for the First Time’ - 4 years ago

@MonkeysPawPub: RT @IndieWire: Mario Van Peebles on His Father’s Greatest Legacy: ‘He Put Black Power on the Screen for the First Time’ - 4 years ago

@IndieWire: Mario Van Peebles on His Father’s Greatest Legacy: ‘He Put Black Power on the Screen for the First Time’… - 4 years ago

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@MoneyTrain: RT @EBONYMag: Groundbreaking #filmmaker and novelist #MelvinVanPeebles, father of #director and #actor Mario Van Peebles, has passed away a… - 4 years ago

@robopulp: RT @media_flixze: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Filmmaker Who Liberated Black Cinema - 4 years ago

@DurgaGummadi6: RT @TheBeatWithAri: The worlds of cinema, theater, and civil rights are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Melvin Van Peebles,… - 4 years ago

@HollywoodHates: 'Melvin Van Peebles: The Essential Films' Showcases The Brilliance Of The Iconic Cinema Trailblazer filmmaking - 4 years ago

@aMustangSpirit_: RT @sundancefest: We mourn the loss of the unparalleled Melvin Van Peebles. As the godfather of Black Cinema, he was a storyteller, artist,… - 4 years ago

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@media_flixze: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Filmmaker Who Liberated Black Cinema - 4 years ago

@jmarquiso: RT @mangiotto: At the end of our interview, Mario and Melvin Van Peebles each gave me a hug and called me "brother." The memory of that mad… - 4 years ago

@emmaland_0: Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@bdubuo: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick and One Cool Cat” - 4 years ago

@LaEsbilla: RT @AbadiaDeBerzano: Publicamos "En los márgenes del sistema:En recuerdo de Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021)", obituario sobre el activista,… - 4 years ago

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@tyson067: RT @rolandsmartin: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick and One Cool Cat” - 4 years ago

@tedybear8: RT @cheo_coker: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick and One Cool Cat” - 4 years ago

@BearArmas: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@cheo_coker: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick and One Cool Cat” - 4 years ago

@curtjames: RT @IndieWire: Rest in peace, Melvin Van Peebles. The director's son, Mario, says: “Dad knew that Black images matter. If a picture is wort… - 4 years ago

@Lazoworks: RT @AbadiaDeBerzano: Publicamos "En los márgenes del sistema:En recuerdo de Melvin Van Peebles (1932-2021)", obituario sobre el activista,… - 4 years ago

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@mcfarlandsher: RT @davidalangrier: We’ve lost another lion, the true revolutionary, an artistic gangsta, cultural disrupter who forever changed the game R… - 4 years ago

@theuresamaven: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@Nexus1O1: RT @aangelsala: Adiós a un mito Melvin Van Peebles. - 4 years ago

@mbolo_popsz: RT @FramingBlacknes: Melvin Van Peebles appeared in several of his son, Mario's projects, starting with "Sonny Spoon" in the late 1980s. Ma… - 4 years ago

@LeftyChicano: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@mabsynthe: RT @Dr_Sportello: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. Here is the Black Panther Party's review of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, published in their… - 4 years ago

@AfricanaSmith: RT @FramingBlacknes: Melvin Van Peebles appeared in several of his son, Mario's projects, starting with "Sonny Spoon" in the late 1980s. Ma… - 4 years ago

@LetTheManSpeak1: "Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - The New York Times" I didn't know a pioneer and Her… - 4 years ago

@jcavallero: RT @wttw: #BlackVoicesWTTW remembers the Chicago native. - 4 years ago

@TVMCCA: RT @sepia_cinema: The Roger Ebert website asked me among a few others to write about our personal reminisces of the great Melvin Van Peeble… - 4 years ago

@NoTime4Comedy: RT @tcm: It is with a heavy heart that we share that our close friend and pioneering African-American auteur, Melvin Van Peebles, passed aw… - 4 years ago

@pdemps4247: RT @SankofaTravelHr: Damn R.I.P. Melvin Van Peebles. I remember watching Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss in a black film class in college. Fo… - 4 years ago

@RasCeylon: RT @ChairmanFredJr1: “I saw a Myriad of similarities between the late Minister Huey P. Newton & the late Melvin Van Peebles. In regards to… - 4 years ago

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@LetoOfTheDesert: RT @FramingBlacknes: Melvin Van Peebles appeared in several of his son, Mario's projects, starting with "Sonny Spoon" in the late 1980s. Ma… - 4 years ago

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@sujewafantastic: RT @FilmLinc: "A film of triumphant independence, SWEET SWEETBACK'S BAADASSSSS SONG made Van Peebles a hero of the cinema and a hero of the… - 4 years ago

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@UptvF: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, 1932 – 2021 - 4 years ago

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@AuthenticGem9: RT @violadavis: RIP Melvin Van Peebles! Thank you for blazing a trail ❤ - 4 years ago

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@SCPublicRadio: NPR Remembrances ... including: actor AJ Johnson, Sarah Dash, George Holliday, actor Willie Garson, Melvin Van Peeb… - 4 years ago

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@Andrale_Marie: RT @sundancefest: We mourn the loss of the unparalleled Melvin Van Peebles. As the godfather of Black Cinema, he was a storyteller, artist,… - 4 years ago

@Andrale_Marie: RT @shadowandact: Iconic filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles has died at the age of 89. The groundbreaking auteur is considered to be a pioneering… - 4 years ago

@Andrale_Marie: RT @mayascade: “i wanted a movie black people could walk out of standing tall.” — melvin van peebles on his motivation to create films and… - 4 years ago

@Andrale_Marie: RT @TorraineWalker: Melvin Van Peebles literally created indie Black cinema. He was the writer, producer, director, star, soundtrack, marke… - 4 years ago

@Andrale_Marie: RT @Passionweiss: RIP Melvin Van Peebles, a genius auteur who sparked a revolution in '70s Black cinema, w/out whom the films of Tarantino… - 4 years ago

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@Honors_Zombie: RT @ChazEbert: Our writers Sergio Mims, @mozaffar, @Honors_Zombie and @petersob13 pay tribute to the late, great trailblazing filmmaker Mel… - 4 years ago

@CatDeSpira: RT @DanJackson1977: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. American Badassssss. Btw, If I have to explain the spelling, you wont get it. - 4 years ago

@Andrale_Marie: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

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@LordHasan: RT @sepia_cinema: @LordHasan The Roger Ebert website asked me among a few others to write about our personal reminisces of the great Melvin… - 4 years ago

@marquee_report: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick and One Cool Cat” - 4 years ago

@Kelby59: RT @ChazEbert: Our writers Sergio Mims, @mozaffar, @Honors_Zombie and @petersob13 pay tribute to the late, great trailblazing filmmaker Mel… - 4 years ago

@Decervelage: RT @Decervelage: Melvin Van Peebles succeeded by outsmarting everyone who stood in his way. He possessed a unique intense vision and quickl… - 4 years ago

@RebeccaMarival: RT @FramingBlacknes: Melvin Van Peebles appeared in several of his son, Mario's projects, starting with "Sonny Spoon" in the late 1980s. Ma… - 4 years ago

@respectdue2020: Melvin Van Peebles – Wisdom | The Big Heart (2015) | #Unseen - 4 years ago

@Sunshinin76: RT @FramingBlacknes: Melvin Van Peebles appeared in several of his son, Mario's projects, starting with "Sonny Spoon" in the late 1980s. Ma… - 4 years ago

@KenMatano: RT @mayascade: “i wanted a movie black people could walk out of standing tall.” — melvin van peebles on his motivation to create films and… - 4 years ago

@Educ8tusAll: RT @ChazEbert: Our writers Sergio Mims, @mozaffar, @Honors_Zombie and @petersob13 pay tribute to the late, great trailblazing filmmaker Mel… - 4 years ago

@southamptonfcf6: RT @FramingBlacknes: Melvin Van Peebles appeared in several of his son, Mario's projects, starting with "Sonny Spoon" in the late 1980s. Ma… - 4 years ago

@JoannyBwlm1988: RT @MissJuly_M: La vie incroyable de Melvin van Peebles qui aurait mérité bien plus d’honneurs en France. - 4 years ago

@hermelamelo: RT @MissJuly_M: La vie incroyable de Melvin van Peebles qui aurait mérité bien plus d’honneurs en France. - 4 years ago

@cemmcs_carl: Melvin Van Peebles, writer, director, ‘godfather of Black cinema,’ dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@thenowsound: @sbarnettjamison “We see birth as a miracle and death as a tragedy, but I believe it is just the flip side of the… - 4 years ago

@jgideont: @PosterHouseNYC great exhibit on blaxploitation. Seems a particularly poignant moment in light of Melvin van Peeble… - 4 years ago

@M_Starchild: RT @Complex: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. 💔🕊 - 4 years ago

@jyostna59883008: Melvin Van Peebles, trailblazing director and Black cinema champion, has died - 4 years ago

@EricWolfson: “Van Peebles scrounged & scraped together the funds, the talent & the self-promotion to become the most important i… - 4 years ago

@goldentextin: RT @RepBarbaraLee: My condolences go to the family and friends of Melvin Van Peebles, a true trailblazer of Black cinema. Melvin was a Rena… - 4 years ago

@MissJuly_M: La vie incroyable de Melvin van Peebles qui aurait mérité bien plus d’honneurs en France. - 4 years ago

@alejandromanc11: RT @RepBarbaraLee: My condolences go to the family and friends of Melvin Van Peebles, a true trailblazer of Black cinema. Melvin was a Rena… - 4 years ago

@OfficialKYChick: RT @inclasswithcarr: ALL-NEW: In Class with Carr with @KarenHunter and Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr)... (Ep. 81) Haiti, Sankofa and a Tribu… - 4 years ago

@Austin82043578: RIP Melvin Van Peebles - 4 years ago

@2RobJ: RT @inclasswithcarr: ALL-NEW: In Class with Carr with @KarenHunter and Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr)... (Ep. 81) Haiti, Sankofa and a Tribu… - 4 years ago

@allaboutmyfam: 😞Melvin Van Peebles Remembered by Son Mario: “A Pioneer, a Maverick” – The Hollywood Reporter - 4 years ago

@artdaily: Watching the films of Melvin Van Peebles #films #MelvinVanPeebles #art #newspaper Read more about this here:… - 4 years ago

@AcMidwestern: RT @RepBarbaraLee: My condolences go to the family and friends of Melvin Van Peebles, a true trailblazer of Black cinema. Melvin was a Rena… - 4 years ago

@i_AmMyBrand: RT @inclasswithcarr: ALL-NEW: In Class with Carr with @KarenHunter and Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr)... (Ep. 81) Haiti, Sankofa and a Tribu… - 4 years ago

@Jessica77502465: RT @davidalangrier: We’ve lost another lion, the true revolutionary, an artistic gangsta, cultural disrupter who forever changed the game R… - 4 years ago

@belmedia: Melvin Van Peebles wrote the do-it-yourself playbook for Black filmmakers - 4 years ago

@bushwickbaby: @longpauses Melvin Van Peebles! 😍😍 - 4 years ago

@SportsbyBrooks: RT @inclasswithcarr: ALL-NEW: In Class with Carr with @KarenHunter and Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr)... (Ep. 81) Haiti, Sankofa and a Tribu… - 4 years ago

@DsVision: RT @violadavis: RIP Melvin Van Peebles! Thank you for blazing a trail ❤ - 4 years ago

@BerkleyBearNews: RT @BerkleyBearNews: Filmmaker, Musician Melvin Van Peebles Dead at 89 - 4 years ago

@PappasStacy: RIP Melvin Van Peebles ! You will be truly missed! - 4 years ago

@rsmon77: #StewARama starts now, with a brief notice to the passing of Melvin Van Peebles. - 4 years ago

@CultrHack: An 8-min tribute to the life and art of Mr Melvin Van Peebles, who we lost this week at the age of 89. He pretty mu… - 4 years ago

@gonzomike: RT @nelsongeorge: I just published MELVIN VAN PEEBLES - 4 years ago

@BreatheLove75: REST IN POWER KING..THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO CINEMA, HISTORY AND CULTURE..#MELVINVANPEEBLES Open S… - 4 years ago

@grandted212: How Much Was Melvin Van Peebles Worth When He Died? - 4 years ago

@donmarie2018: RT @CNN: Melvin Van Peebles, a trailblazing director who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema in the 1970s, has died, his son… - 4 years ago

@WatkinsEducate: RT @inclasswithcarr: ALL-NEW: In Class with Carr with @KarenHunter and Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr)... (Ep. 81) Haiti, Sankofa and a Tribu… - 4 years ago

@FerCiclon86: RT @cementerio: Melvin Van Peebles, actor, director y guionista estadounidense, referente del movimiento cinematográfico "blaxploitation" d… - 4 years ago

@rudebwoyben1: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@nanayasleeps: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@Prissedj1: RT @inclasswithcarr: Pioneer Filmmaker, Melvin Van Peebles, Dies at 89 @karenhunter @AfricanaCarr @Knarrative_ #InClassWithCarr #History… - 4 years ago

@Prissedj1: RT @inclasswithcarr: ALL-NEW: In Class with Carr with @KarenHunter and Dr. Greg Carr (@AfricanaCarr)... (Ep. 81) Haiti, Sankofa and a Tribu… - 4 years ago

@AdofoBurkina: @MarioVanPeebles Rest in Peace Melvin Van Peebles. Found this out from another twitter feed, because I stay black here in the U K K K - 4 years ago

@wmboyle4: RT @mayascade: “you keep hearing all this bullshit about being right. as long as you are right you will eventually rise to the top... that’… - 4 years ago

@OGPotRoast: RT @WendellPierce: A True Maverick and Original Revolutionary Filmmaker. Making a way out of no way. A man who knew his worth and value. ht… - 4 years ago

@KKillgallen: RT @violadavis: RIP Melvin Van Peebles! Thank you for blazing a trail ❤ - 4 years ago

@Gina_G33: RT @Variety: “Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is wor… - 4 years ago

@Mastermind_STL: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@RoyalQueenKenya: RT @davidalangrier: We’ve lost another lion, the true revolutionary, an artistic gangsta, cultural disrupter who forever changed the game R… - 4 years ago

@LaToyaFrazier18: RT @violadavis: RIP Melvin Van Peebles! Thank you for blazing a trail ❤ - 4 years ago

@okamune: RT @LeratoAnzjp: 『スウィート・スウィートバック』で知られる「ブラックムービーのゴッドファーザー」メルヴィン・ヴァン・ピーブルズが他界。89歳だった。 安らかに🙏🕯️ - 4 years ago

@JPinder: RT @nelsongeorge: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Filmmaker Who Liberated Black Cinema - 4 years ago

@MoonwalkerSwizz: RT @strongblacklead: Rest In Peace to Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black cinema. Your work proved our stories are worth being told on t… - 4 years ago

@FannishSunny: RT @TIFF_NET: Filmmaker. Artist. Author. Baadasssss. Remembering the Godfather of modern Black cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who passed away… - 4 years ago

@BoughtAtAPrice7: RT @nelsongeorge: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Filmmaker Who Liberated Black Cinema - 4 years ago

@LaNoireDe: RT @mayascade: “you keep hearing all this bullshit about being right. as long as you are right you will eventually rise to the top... that’… - 4 years ago

@Stone3030: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@cat_shar: RT @violadavis: RIP Melvin Van Peebles! Thank you for blazing a trail ❤ - 4 years ago

@EvelynMDouglas: RT @JowersWBB: RIP MELVIN VAN PEEBLES!!! One of our Legends - 4 years ago

@7fc4c3e9b274441: RT @blackenterprise: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@Entertain_BWR: Melvin Van Peebles: 'Godfather of black cinema' dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@NYTObits: Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and excoriated for helping midwif… - 4 years ago

@Xian_Elder: RT @mayascade: “you keep hearing all this bullshit about being right. as long as you are right you will eventually rise to the top... that’… - 4 years ago

@Arcoverity: RT @ForestWhitaker: The world has lost two extraordinary film icons, who blessed us with their gifts during our time with them. Melvin Van… - 4 years ago

@_NikThaDon: RT @violadavis: RIP Melvin Van Peebles! Thank you for blazing a trail ❤ - 4 years ago

@MrBroFo: RT @WBGO: Influential director Melvin Van Peebles died on Tuesday night at home in Manhattan. The 89-year-old director was best known for h… - 4 years ago

@C_Jill_Run: RT @glasscityfilm: Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Director Who Liberated Black Cinema – Variety - 4 years ago

@KerraDijon: RT @cheo_coker: Ava DuVernay, Barry Jenkins, David Alan Grier Remember Melvin Van Peebles: “The Blueprint and Inspiration for Multiple Gene… - 4 years ago

@charluv2011: RT @freep: How Detroit helped the legendary Melvin Van Peebles launch 'Sweet Sweetback' to success - 4 years ago

@cjsabbagh1: RT @TambayObenson: “He wasn’t interested in appealing to white people for his humanity... At a time when others were striving to be aspirat… - 4 years ago

@mvbrat91: RT @TIFF_NET: Filmmaker. Artist. Author. Baadasssss. Remembering the Godfather of modern Black cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who passed away… - 4 years ago

@SwishMahoney34: RT @glasscityfilm: Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Director Who Liberated Black Cinema – Variety - 4 years ago

@biquette54: RT @franceinfo: Le cinéaste américain Melvin Van Peebles, pionnier de la "Blaxploitation", est mort à 89 ans - 4 years ago

@TimucinLeflef: RT @glasscityfilm: Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Director Who Liberated Black Cinema – Variety - 4 years ago

@LilHaumi: RT @Variety: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Filmmaker Who Liberated Black Cinema - 4 years ago

@123_INFO_TV: Mort à 89 ans du réalisateur Melvin Van Peebles, pionnier de la "blaxploitation": Le réalisateur, connu pour Sweet… - 4 years ago

@KFawnDennis: RT @ARRAYNow: Few people dare to be creative revolutionaries like Melvin Van Peebles. We are thankful for his impactful contributions to Bl… - 4 years ago

@KarimBoukercha1: RT @Telerama: Mort de Melvin Van Peebles, pionnier sulfureux du cinéma noir américain 🎬 - 4 years ago

@Bubbly_Bastard: RT @Criterion: “Personally, I do movies the way I cook: I put in what I like in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest… - 4 years ago

@AmbidexterMan: "Watching the Films of Melvin Van Peebles" by Jason Bailey via NYT - 4 years ago

@Bronx2216: Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@CaraotaDigital: #23Sep #Entretenimiento | Murió Melvin Van Peebles, icono del cine afroamericano de los años 70 - 4 years ago

@reteofilo345: RT @Criterion: “Personally, I do movies the way I cook: I put in what I like in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest… - 4 years ago

@DutchGodshalk: RT @Criterion: “Personally, I do movies the way I cook: I put in what I like in case nobody else likes it and I have to eat it for the rest… - 4 years ago

@glasscityfilm: Melvin Van Peebles, the Fearless Director Who Liberated Black Cinema – Variety - 4 years ago

@scottwhill: RT @MsPackyetti: Melvin Van Peebles was a legend, and always will be. rest in power, sir. - 4 years ago

@incognitolibido: RT @TorrinBlades: “They did the most dangerous thing..They gave me hope” -Melvin Van Peebles In conversation with Ossie Davis & Gordon P… - 4 years ago

@NENEEVE1: RT @nelsongeorge: I just published MELVIN VAN PEEBLES - 4 years ago

@MovieKessler: RT @MovieKessler: The Last Laugh (1924) dir. F.W. Murnau The Story of a Three-Day Pass (1967) dir. Melvin Van Peebles - 4 years ago

@PluettStephane: RT @tylerperry: A great man lays a path for the next generation to follow! Thank you for being a great man. Your example has helped me to b… - 4 years ago

@sabarbarin: RT @davidalangrier: We’ve lost another lion, the true revolutionary, an artistic gangsta, cultural disrupter who forever changed the game R… - 4 years ago

@kingAle30068828: RT @Fresh_Flames1: May The Ancestors Be Pleased With The Genius Known As "Melvin Van Peebles, Influential Director, Actor and Writer, Die… - 4 years ago

@medowlen_78: RT @NatoyaEbony: #RIP Melvin Van Peebles I still be cracking at that Living Single episode with him and his son, Mario. - 4 years ago

@JaneThom_2: RT @EBONYMag: Groundbreaking #filmmaker and novelist #MelvinVanPeebles, father of #director and #actor Mario Van Peebles, has passed away a… - 4 years ago

@BeniMacZ: RT @NYFA: All of us at NYFA mourn the loss of influential director, actor & writer, Melvin Van Peebles, considered by many to be the Godfat… - 4 years ago

@Biggie2Short: RT @Variety: Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song,” and father of director and actor Mar… - 4 years ago

@therealsacil: RT @kamerdumonde: @THR Melvin Van Peebles was also the first black man to hold a seat on the NYSE - 4 years ago

@MixMalikMarvel: RT @IndieWire: Melvin Van Peebles Dies: Iconic Filmmaker, Actor, and Novelist Was 89 - 4 years ago

@RyanTylerThomas: RT @JasonIsbell: Wait a minute, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who gave Earth Wind & Fire their big break by hiring them to record the sound… - 4 years ago

@Hollander66: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@Telerama: Mort de Melvin Van Peebles, pionnier sulfureux du cinéma noir américain 🎬 - 4 years ago

@heiressnessa: RT @EBONYMag: Groundbreaking #filmmaker and novelist #MelvinVanPeebles, father of #director and #actor Mario Van Peebles, has passed away a… - 4 years ago

@GoddessCru: RT @Dart_Adams: Melvin Van Peebles passed away? 50 years ago, his film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" was instrumental in not only cr… - 4 years ago

@ChrisWiltz: RIP to the legend Melvin Van Peebles. The documentary, How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (and Enjoy It),… - 4 years ago

@WriteGavinWrite: The story/Q&A that came after 24-year-old Gavin got his ass handed to him by Melvin Van Peebles. It took me years t… - 4 years ago

@SimonaCroisette: RT @IMDb: We honor the life and legacy of trailblazing director Melvin Van Peebles, who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema.… - 4 years ago

@morethanapoet1: RT @ABC: Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker, playwright and musician whose work ushered in the “blaxploitation” wave of the 1970… - 4 years ago

@maurobontempi: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@punchdouble: RT @IkeMoses: Melvin Van Peebles didn’t create blaxploitation. Hollywood ripped off Melvin Van Peebles to make blaxploitation and save its… - 4 years ago

@1973ARI: RT @soulsearcher216: 訃報１　メルヴィン・ヴァン・ピーブルス　Melvin Van Peebles 映画監督、作家、レコーディング・アーティスト、2021年9月21日ニューヨーク・マンハッタンの自宅で家族に看取られながら死去。89歳。いわゆる「ブラック・シネ… - 4 years ago

@edu_bonafonte: RT @faustianovich: Adiós al cool Melvin Van Peebles, padre putativo de la blaxploit 70s gracias a las seminales LA PERMISSION, WATERMELON M… - 4 years ago

@theblacktlowe: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89. Considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema, Van Peebles was an influential l… - 4 years ago

@kinsellawarren: What an extraordinary guy. Read about his life. “Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89” - 4 years ago

@dirty_kudo: RT @ClementRauger: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. Awesome director and collaborator for the French satirical magazine Hara Kiri. - 4 years ago

@Glen_Maney: RT @FilmLinc: R.I.P. Melvin Van Peebles 💜 - 4 years ago

@Shxrk27: RT @AnisRhali: Melvin Van Peebles est décédé et pour une fois j’ai pas vu l’info en premier sur Twitter donc je relaie. Sachez que c’est un… - 4 years ago

@herman_walraet: 'Peetvader van de zwarte cinema' Melvin Van Peebles overleden /via @NOS - 4 years ago

@Miskir27139216: RT @NicolaADeMarco: Melvin Van Peebles, trailblazing director and Black cinema champion, has died - 4 years ago

@RadioMaw: A Giant Of Black Cinema, Melvin Van Peebles Dies At 89 - 4 years ago

@BenMallie: RIP Melvin Van Peebles 😰 #MelvinVanPeebles - 4 years ago

@jdjongumzidenga: RT @tariqnasheed: #RestInPower to the OG Melvin Van Peebles. Melvin helped me with some business deals some years back. Real stand-up dud… - 4 years ago

@HeadNinja007: RT @elleschneider: Melvin Van Peebles was the 3rd Black director on a Hollywood feature, only "discovered" after he left the US to make a c… - 4 years ago

@HeadNinja007: RT @FRANCE24: Melvin Van Peebles, groundbreaking filmmaker and playwright, dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@AtticusCabiria: RT @filmes_e_filmes: Faleceu ontem (21), aos 89 anos, um dos gigantes do cinema americano, Melvin Van Peebles.😥 Diretor, roteirista, ator… - 4 years ago

@HeadNinja007: RT @France24_en: Melvin Van Peebles, groundbreaking filmmaker and playwright, dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@surrealsermons: RT @_mothers__: Rest in Peace, to an icon — Melvin Van Peebles. - 4 years ago

@jazzfunklovers: RT @soulsearcher216: 訃報２　メルヴィン・ヴァン・ピーブルス　Melvin Van Peebles　作家として著作を発表しながら映像メディアに進出。「ブラック・シネマ」がまだメジャーから認められずインディでやりだした頃からの映像作家。1971年発表映画『スイ… - 4 years ago

@GalacJcM: RT @Complex: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. 💔🕊 - 4 years ago

@jazzfunklovers: RT @soulsearcher216: 訃報１　メルヴィン・ヴァン・ピーブルス　Melvin Van Peebles 映画監督、作家、レコーディング・アーティスト、2021年9月21日ニューヨーク・マンハッタンの自宅で家族に看取られながら死去。89歳。いわゆる「ブラック・シネ… - 4 years ago

@laurent_fintoni: RT @jlalibs: The impassioned letter that Melvin Van Peebles sent to the MPAA to protest the absurd X-rating handed to SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAA… - 4 years ago

@MaadiHotti: RT @people: Melvin Van Peebles, Icon of Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@pod_hard: RT @TheMikeFury: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. He said “I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it but if they don't, I'm prepare… - 4 years ago

@shiftywatt: Rest forever in paradise King 💜 But more than a history lesson, because history can tell a lot of stories," he said… - 4 years ago

@molarawood: RT @Criterion: Here’s the full text of our announcement on the passing of Melvin Van Peebles: - 4 years ago

@vizzon11: "Dad knew that Black images matter. If a picture is worth a thousand words, what was a movie worth? We want to be t… - 4 years ago

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@bbray27: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@_baileyhalll: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@JohnParrington: RIP Melvin Van Peebles - 4 years ago

@Inusuke009: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89. Considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema, Van Peebles was an influential l… - 4 years ago

@hjanovervo: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89. Considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema, Van Peebles was an influential l… - 4 years ago

@Jonesin_ToTweet: RT @NatoyaEbony: #RIP Melvin Van Peebles I still be cracking at that Living Single episode with him and his son, Mario. - 4 years ago

@ks_1968: RT @msc45: So sad to hear about Melvin Van Peebles - an inspirational creative force. It was a privilege to bring his debut feature The St… - 4 years ago

@jeromeschrepf: RT @Complex: RIP Melvin Van Peebles. 💔🕊 - 4 years ago

@phlpc: RT @empiremagazine: Filmmaking legend Melvin Van Peebles has died, aged 89: - 4 years ago

@TheSusuBunny: RT @CharleyMacorn: RIP to Melvin Van Peebles. This story for the production of Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song always stuck with me. http… - 4 years ago

@Baron3121: @PRN2016 @Variety Melvin Van Peebles - American actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer. He is known fo… - 4 years ago

@Saraplenty: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@HailSeitan6: RT @Criterion: Here’s the full text of our announcement on the passing of Melvin Van Peebles: - 4 years ago

@poochivicious: RT @travisfromdabk_: Never forget when Melvin Van Peebles and his son, Mario Van Peebles, guest starred on an episode of Living Single. Tha… - 4 years ago

@christyluvsla: RT @Variety: “Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is wor… - 4 years ago

@christyluvsla: RT @Variety: Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song,” and father of director and actor Mar… - 4 years ago

@Meandyoupod: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@cartermagazine: The Legendary Melvin Van Peebles CARTER™️ Magazine - 4 years ago

@Margot_Murasz: RT @IMDb: We honor the life and legacy of trailblazing director Melvin Van Peebles, who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema.… - 4 years ago

@DevBook24: Rip 🪦 Melvin Van Peebles - 4 years ago

@DJ_Thundercat: RT @Criterion: Here’s the full text of our announcement on the passing of Melvin Van Peebles: - 4 years ago

@KILOMcMILLIAN: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89. Considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema, Van Peebles was an influential l… - 4 years ago

@DJ_Thundercat: RT @IndieWire: Melvin Van Peebles Dies: Iconic Filmmaker, Actor, and Novelist Was 89 - 4 years ago

@BILLYVINCENT00: RIP OG Melvin Van Peebles. - 4 years ago

@juan_bautistajr: RT @IMDb: We honor the life and legacy of trailblazing director Melvin Van Peebles, who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema.… - 4 years ago

@WeLovePierre: RT @IMDb: We honor the life and legacy of trailblazing director Melvin Van Peebles, who helped champion a new wave of modern Black cinema.… - 4 years ago

@robinsonishyde: RT @DrewMcWeeny: Melvin Van Peebles wasn't just a breakthrough Black filmmaker, he was a landmark American independent filmmaker. He lived… - 4 years ago

@DJ_Thundercat: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles has died at 89. Considered by many to be the godfather of modern Black cinema, Van Peebles was an influential l… - 4 years ago

@Jay_3085: RT @TheAcademy: "I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy it all by myself."… - 4 years ago

@slimyburrito: RT @Passionweiss: RIP Melvin Van Peebles, a genius auteur who sparked a revolution in '70s Black cinema, w/out whom the films of Tarantino… - 4 years ago

@theTINMAN_1971: RT @TananariveDue: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@GilbertLong15: RT @tariqnasheed: #RestInPower to the OG Melvin Van Peebles. Melvin helped me with some business deals some years back. Real stand-up dud… - 4 years ago

@Ickyneezer: RT @RosyShepherdess: Melvin Van Peebles once called the house by accident (a few digits were off.) My aunt picked up the phone and they ha… - 4 years ago

@kylecassidy: Remembering Melvin Van Peebles. One of the most badass people I ever knew. - 4 years ago

@CaineCoko: RT @TheRealAntonioA: RIP to the legendary director, playwright,actor, and composer Melvin Van Peebles🙏🕊 - 4 years ago

@FramedRed: RT @blkcreatives: When Melvin Van Peebles self-financed Sweetback, he at first refused to submit his film for approval for ratings. It ende… - 4 years ago

@BeeEemDoubleU: R.I.P. Melvin Van Peebles, writer-director-star of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song - 4 years ago

@filmmakerflying: RT @JasonIsbell: Wait a minute, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who gave Earth Wind & Fire their big break by hiring them to record the sound… - 4 years ago

@glennsaddler: rip Melvin Van Peebles where would we be without you? - 4 years ago

@13_Films: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@iL1st3n: RT @Variety: Melvin Van Peebles, the influential filmmaker behind “Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song,” and father of director and actor Mar… - 4 years ago

@bcnul8tr: RT @IkeMoses: Melvin Van Peebles didn’t create blaxploitation. Hollywood ripped off Melvin Van Peebles to make blaxploitation and save its… - 4 years ago

@onitnyc07: RT @rolandsmartin: BREAKING NEWS: acclaimed director Melvin Van Peebles has passed away at the age of 89. He is the father of director-acto… - 4 years ago

@ClareMc13: RT @JasonIsbell: Wait a minute, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who gave Earth Wind & Fire their big break by hiring them to record the sound… - 4 years ago

@MotherTheresa46: RT @JasonIsbell: Wait a minute, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who gave Earth Wind & Fire their big break by hiring them to record the sound… - 4 years ago

@millamoo: Melvin Van Peebles, trailblazing director and Black cinema champion, has died - 4 years ago

@earthlor3: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@xx_melissa_: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@Valmont103: RT @JasonIsbell: Wait a minute, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who gave Earth Wind & Fire their big break by hiring them to record the sound… - 4 years ago

@finchatensafari: RT @davidalangrier: We’ve lost another lion, the true revolutionary, an artistic gangsta, cultural disrupter who forever changed the game R… - 4 years ago

@franklinleonard: RT @JasonIsbell: Wait a minute, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, who gave Earth Wind & Fire their big break by hiring them to record the sound… - 4 years ago

@55andwhat: RT @donwinslow: Melvin Van Peebles Remembered: Spike Lee, David Alan Grier & Barry Jenkins Among Those Paying Tribute To Cinema’s “True Rev… - 4 years ago

@NouriNv: RT @Variety: Melvin Van Peebles, Influential Director, Actor and Writer, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@CruverKendahl: RT @IndieFocus: “Somebody once asked me, ‘Melvin, how’d you get to the top?’ “It was simple. Nobody would let me in at the bottom.” https:/… - 4 years ago

@abairdcook: RT @lmckr: I did my HS senior paper on him and Sweet Sweetback. He was cool before I knew what cool was. RIP Melvin Van Peebles. - 4 years ago

@sponson: RT @edroso: Catch this -- on Broadway! On the TONY AWARDS! Took the top of my head off when I saw this as a boy. RIP Melvin Van Peebles h… - 4 years ago

@natkingh0le: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@YogiSunlight: RT @Variety: “Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is wor… - 4 years ago

@JamelRolle: RT @Variety: Because he couldn’t afford a traditional marketing campaign, he used the film’s soundtrack album to build awareness for the mo… - 4 years ago

@sexxor: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@ardennegrl: RT @Variety: “Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is wor… - 4 years ago

@_sydney_chanel_: RT @travisfromdabk_: Never forget when Melvin Van Peebles and his son, Mario Van Peebles, guest starred on an episode of Living Single. Tha… - 4 years ago

@nakaylamonet: RT @_mothers__: Rest in Peace, to an icon — Melvin Van Peebles. - 4 years ago

@LaToyaFrazier18: RT @THR: Melvin Van Peebles, Godfather of Black Cinema, Dies at 89 - 4 years ago

@AaronM: RT @jlalibs: The impassioned letter that Melvin Van Peebles sent to the MPAA to protest the absurd X-rating handed to SWEET SWEETBACK’S BAA… - 4 years ago

@GwenieThinks: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@photosbynae: RT @NatoyaEbony: #RIP Melvin Van Peebles I still be cracking at that Living Single episode with him and his son, Mario. - 4 years ago

@EdmoniaGuerin: RT @HuffPost: The groundbreaking director ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced many filmmakers. - 4 years ago

@Slanderpanic: RT @Criterion: We are saddened to announce the passing of a giant of American cinema, Melvin Van Peebles, who died last night, at home with… - 4 years ago

@NBAYoungDude345: RT @TheRealAntonioA: RIP to the legendary director, playwright,actor, and composer Melvin Van Peebles🙏🕊 - 4 years ago

@BrandonLHughes1: RT @Variety: “Dad knew that Black images matter,” Mario Van Peebles said in a statement from the Criterion Collection. “If a picture is wor… - 4 years ago

@jkyhcbll: RT @Variety: “True liberation did not mean imitating the colonizer’s mentality,” the statement reads. “It meant appreciating the power, bea… - 4 years ago

@SuzieDempster: RT @ava: “You have to not let yourself believe you can’t. Do what you can do within the framework you have. And don’t look outside. Look in… - 4 years ago

@TheHyLife: RT @travisfromdabk_: Never forget when Melvin Van Peebles and his son, Mario Van Peebles, guest starred on an episode of Living Single. Tha… - 4 years ago

@NBAYoungDude345: RT @ThatEricAlper: Melvin Van Peebles, the godfather of modern Black cinema as a brilliant filmmaker and actor behind 1970s films Watermelo… - 4 years ago